US President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle Islamist militant groups, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians. Trump did not say which killings he was referring to, but claims of a genocide against Nigeria’s Christians have been circulating in recent weeks and months in some […]
Lena-Zaharah MohammedBBC Wales BBC/PA Elen has previously called on the Welsh government to offer more funding, better information and greater sensitivity to women’s health The Traitors star and Welsh opera singer Elen Wyn says she is “grateful to have an abnormal anatomy” as it ultimately led to her endometriosis diagnosis. Appearing on the podcast It’s […]
The Kenyan government has confirmed that 21 people have died following a landslide in the western part of the country after heavy rainfall. Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said the bodies had been transferred to a nearby airstrip after the landslide in Marakwet East late on Friday night. He said on X that more than 30 […]
BBC I’m bald, and that bothered me for a long time. It bothered me that I was bothered. But just one swipe down my Instagram feed reveals I’m not the only man who is self-conscious about his hair. I’m greeted with videos and posts offering me hair transplants, regrowth tablets, thickening sprays, powders that […]
BBC The fireworks are one of the many highlights of the four-day carnival and, as usual, they did not fail to impress Thousands of people have been witnessing the climax of Europe’s biggest Halloween festival, in Londonderry. Massive crowds filled the city centre on Friday night for the parade, followed by a riverfront fireworks spectacular, […]
A man whose father was killed in the Birmingham pub bombings said he feels frustration and anger at the government’s decision not to conduct a public enquiry into the unsolved case. Paul Davies was one of 21 people who were killed when two bombs destroyed the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs in […]
Israel has received via the Red Cross in Gaza two coffins which the Palestinian armed group Hamas says contain the bodies of deceased hostages, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office. Israeli forces will now transfer the bodies to the National Centre of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for identification. Hamas’s armed wing announced earlier […]
Gabriela Pomeroy and Nardine Saad Hurricane Melissa floods and destroys towns across Caribbean including in Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti (pictured) Hurricane Melissa has continued its devastating sweep across the Caribbean, destroying homes and infrastructure, flooding neighbourhoods and leaving dozens dead. The impact in Jamaica was clearer on Wednesday, after the island nation was hit squarely […]
Jadzia Samuel,in Margate and Hsin-Yi Lo,South East BBC / Jadzia Samuel Eve Ross was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer when she was 25 Two Margate women who were diagnosed with breast cancer are urging people to understand the symptoms and have the courage to stand up for themselves if their concerns have been disregarded […]
Getty Images Lizard Island is about 250km (155 miles) north of Cairns An 80-year-old Australian woman has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island after being left behind by the cruise ship she was travelling on. The woman had been hiking on Lizard Island, 250km (155 miles) north of Cairns, with fellow passengers […]